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About 12 years after James Cameron's "Titanic" became a bona fide cultural phenomenon, the writer-director-producer of such sci-fi juggernauts as "Aliens" and the original "Terminator" movies is back with an eye-popping, groundbreaking action/adventure/romance, "Avatar." For it, new cinematic technologies, a rain forest planet and even a ...

'Tis the season to be scammed, with New Zealand's leading online auction site warning people not to trust any requests for instant international cash transactions from online traders.

A 27-year-old Spokane Valley woman has lost a substantial sum of money to a scam artist who sent her a paycheck for $1,800 and then asked her to send the $1,200 overage back via Western Union.

FORMER US Representative Joseph Kennedy once described the garishly-lit check cashing outlets that dotted Boston's poorer neighborhoods in the mid-1990s as, "the worst predatory beast in the urban jungle.'' Today, these check cashers look like a bunch of fuzzy alpacas compared to mainstream banks, credit card operators, and mortgage companies.

Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 2:46 pm Press Release: New Zealand Police Scam warning Auckland City Downtown Police are warning people of a current e-mail scam whereby people are contacted via e-mail in relation to a product or service that they may be advertising on the internet.

Pascal Guyot / AFP / Getty It is startling because it is so mundane: rebels in eastern Congo apparently have no trouble circumventing the punishing U.N. sanctions aimed at bringing an end to the years of fighting in the lawless region, according to a new U.N. report released this week.

A very brief reference contained in the May 6, 1882 issue of The Pioneer published in New Rochelle, New York, reflects the date that City Island in Pelham was first connected to the communications grid of telegraph wires that were beginning to cross the country.

Naomi Finkel never doubted what she should do when she got the call on Nov. 3. Someone claiming to be her grandson was on the line.

The British weren't coming - the British were gone. That was the message Gen. George Washington communicated to the newly independent nation 226 years ago, on Nov.

Police are warning of a new scam preying on holiday job-seekers. This scam, like many, involves a check.

Reporting from Tripoli, Libya, and Deyast, Egypt - The rice has been harvested, the chaff burned.

South Bend police are warning residents about a mail scam that sends people false checks through the U.S. Postal Service.

Company reaches for a broader audience of cash-strapped consumers. Money transfer company Western Union is rolling out a new ad campaign Monday to encourage consumers to send greenbacks as a gift this holiday season.

DHAKA: Sonali, the country's largest commercial bank, has teamed up with Western Union, a global money-transfer service network, to regain its top position in remittance business.

Single mom Whitney Gassaway only wishes now she'd listened to her gut. "It's too good to be true, but once I called and talked to them, I really thought, OK I'm going to at least try this," Whitney says.

Times Square is a strange place. Hundreds of blinking lights and screens, a military recruiter, a naked cowboy, and on Monday afternoon, hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean handing out free, promotional $50 Western Union gift cards to passersby.

As part of its corporate social responsibility, Western Union Ghana, and its agents, has donated 600 school desks and chairs to six underprivileged schools, in support of education in the country.

Western Union Co. said Monday it would promote an insider to chief operating officer effective Jan.

The phone rings. You recognize the voice as your nephew's. He's calling from Canada, where he says he's been on a fishing trip with some buddies.

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